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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). / (transitive) to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)

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recover

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recover

IPA(Pronunciation)

transitive intransitive obsolete archaic followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling without "from"

(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). / (transitive) to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)

Japanese Meaning

取り戻す、回復する（物理的なものを再び手に入れる、または視界・信号などを回復するという意味を含む） / 救出する、救助する（物や人を助け出すという意味）

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I managed to recover the stolen watch from the pawnshop.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

質屋から盗まれた時計を取り戻すことができた。

Sense（1）

After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)

Sense（3）

(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

Sense（4）

(intransitive, law) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.

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Sense（5）

(transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process

Sense（6）

(transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.

The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.

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Sense（7）

(transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

The wine in my bottle will recover him.

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Sense（8）

to recover lost time

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Sense（9）

(intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.

Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.

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Sense（10）

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.

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Sense（11）

(transitive, archaic, without "from") to recover from

To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.

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recovers

（ present singular third-person ）

recovering

（ participle present ）

recovered

（ participle past ）

recovered

（ past ）

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